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Khaled Zaki is a contemporary sculptor from Egypt. Khaled Zaki was born in Suez, Egypt in the year 1964.

Zaki had planned to become a business professional before finding his love of sculpture. Zaki is a highly educated artist earning a bachelor degree in management and a master degree in restoration from Cairo University.

For his artistic schooling Zaki studied Al Khonany Museum of Art in Giza. He went on master his craft through studies in Italy.

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The artist represented Egypt at the 2013 Venice Biennial.

Like the great Salvador Dali time is often used subject in the work of Khaled Zaki.

Zaki is renown for his work with the figure. Works from earlier in his career are more representational. As he has aged Zaki’s works have become more abstract in nature.

Khaled Zaki does a great job at breaking down the human figure to modernist shapes. Whats most interesting about his sculpture work are the cast shadows of his sculptures. Very interesting abstract shapes that add another modernist touch to his art.

Philomen Nattuk does a great job at giving life to his sculptures. A hunter or a polar is never still, they are always balancing on one leg, ready to move the opposite direction in a second. Inuit has always been a favorite of mine because they often are made of animal horns local materials.

John Cederquist is a contemporary sculptor and assemblage artist renown his unique style of furniture. John Cederquist was born in Altadena, California in the year 1946. The artist often includes cartoon paintings and odd viewing perspectives in his work.

The artist attended California State University at Long Beach where he earned both a bachelor and master’s degree in art.

Cederquist was inspired most by cartoons and Japanese woodblock prints.

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Below we view an exhibition by John Cederquist that took place in 2016:

Cederquist has taught at the collegiate level at Saddleback College located in Mission Viejo, California.

The artist works with wood. In his furniture the smaller parts are painted smaller cuts of wood layered on top of a larger piece.

What a fun style of furniture! His couches are just as creative as Salvador Dali and his lips couch! Cederquist’s work is even more impressive because his works are more trompe de l’oeil, tricking the human eye often when viewing his work!

Charles Loloma was a Native American artist. Charles Loloma was born in Hotevilla- Bacavi, Arizona in the year 1921. Loloma was of Hopi ancestry. As an artist he was a painter, potter, and jewelry maker.

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Loloma served his country in the Second World War from 1942- 1945. After the war and with the G.I. bill the artist attended Alfred University School for American Craftsman.

The artist was married to a fellow artist, a potter named Otellie Pasiyava. Both he and his wife earned a certificate in pottery from Alfred University. One goal of the couple was to take the knowledge about pottery they had gained in college, and spread the knowledge back on their own reservation.

Loloma was commissioned to create a piece of jewelry for the Queen of Denmark.

Charles Loloma passed away in 1991. He was seventy-one years of age.

Charles Loloma had a great knack for designing intriguing jewelry designs. His use of bold color designs makes his work stand out from his peers.

Marco Cochrane is a contemporary sculptor renown for his work with the female form. Marco Cochrane was born in Venice, Italy in the year 1962. His parents were American artists living abroad.

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Cochrane has created his large nude sculptures for the world renown Burning Man gathering that takes place annually in the desert of Nevada. The model for this series was named Deja Solis.

One work from this series is called Bliss Dance and its now in Las Vegas in the park next to the New York-New York casino. Bliss Dance weighs 7,500 pounds, is 40 feet tall, and contains 3,000 LED lights. In this clip a closer look at this magnificent artwork:

Marco Cochrane’s art is a fantastic example of contemporary sculpture. The artist does a great job at capturing the curves of the female form using steel. Cochrane adds his own sense of modernism by incorporating LED lights into his art. Very clever!

Cardenas attended the Academy of Art San Alejandro located in Havana, Cuba.

In 1955 the artist relocated to France. In 1957 Cardenas joined the Surrealist movement.

Below a montage of works by the artist:

Works by Cardenas can be found in the the Museum of Art and Industry located in Saint Etienne, France and the Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan.

Agustin Cardenas passed away in 2001.

The work of Agustin Cardenas is very interesting. From certain angles it appears for certain the viewer is looking at the silhouette of the human form. Then the line and structure changes and the eye tries to decipher the new shape. His work is very intriguing to the human eye and spirit.